A beautiful hardback edition of Jeanette Winterson's explosive first novel: a gripping
coming-of-age story a queer romance a modern classic. 'I love her.''Then you do not love the
Lord.''Yes I love both of them.''You cannot.''I do.''This is the story of Jeanette born to be
one of God's elect: adopted by a fanatical Pentecostal family and ablaze with her own zeal for
the scriptures she seems perfectly suited for the life of a missionary. But then she converts
Melanie and realises she loves this woman almost as much as she loves the Lord. How on Earth
could her Church called that passion Unnatural?Both a groundbreaking coming-of-age novel and a
pioneering work of autofiction Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit goes beyond facts into the
deepest truths. Searing and tender playful and provocative it is a portrait of the artist as
a young evangelist re-writing her own Bible. 'Witty... extraordinary and exhilarating' The
Times'She is a master of her material a writer in whom great talent abides' Vanity Fair'Many
consider her to be the best living writer in this language... In her hands words are fluid
radiant humming' Evening StandardVintage Quarterbound Classics: Bound to be beautiful
